Mark Steven Brooks wrote:
I have the exact same problem with my SV-3800.
I took it twice to a repair person. Each time it worked for about an hour.
They then told me I would need to replace the whole drive for about 400
bucks. It seems like a waste of money for a format that is becoming obsolete.
But I hate having this 900 dollar machine sitting around doing nothing.

So, send it to Eddie Ciletti or someone else who can actually fix these things
and who will do a serious burn-in to make sure they are actually fixed.
--scott

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